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Risk of dementia in patients with periodontitis and related protective factors: a nationwide retrospective cohort study.
CONCLUSIONS: Periodontitis was a risk factor for dementia, while the use of statins and metformin may reduce the risk of dementia. PMID: 32991015 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology - September 28, 2020 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lee CY, Chang CC, Lin CS, Yeh CC, Hu CJ, Wu CZ, Chen TL, Liao CC Tags: J Clin Periodontol Source Type: research

Do statins interfere with the flu vaccine?
Statins are powerful, unusual, and, like El Niño and Tom Cruise, not well understood. Statins have a huge upside. They improve survival after heart attacks and lower the risk of recurrent strokes. They are also the only cholesterol-lowering medications that have been clearly shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths in high-risk patients without heart disease. In addition to reducing cholesterol, statins also lower levels of inflammation in the body. Reducing inflammation probably helps statins to prevent heart attack and stroke. However, evidence is emerging that these statin effects may also have a downside, hindering th...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Cold and Flu Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Vaccines flu vaccine statins Source Type: news